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Using Interlibrary Loan

Learn more about how to use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) at the Sarah Lawrence College Library

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What is Interlibrary Loan (ILL)?

Interlibrary Loan (ILL), is a service that allows Sarah Lawrence to borrow materials from other libraries.  If you need something we do not already own, you can request it through ILL and we will try to borrow it from another library.

Through ILL you can request:

  • Books (both print and Ebook format)
  • Journal articles/book chapters
  • DVDs/VHS
  • CDs/LPs/musical scores
  • Dissertations

Access Your ILL Account

To see and manage your ILL requests, as well as to create a manual request, you'll need to sign into your Library account using your MySLC username and password.

To do that, go to the Library's Homepage, click on Library Account Login and enter your information.

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Copyright Restrictions for ILL

It breaks copyright to copy/ scan an entire journal issue. It also breaks copyright to copy/scan six or more articles from a single journal title within the current five year period.  Finally, copyright law limits the copying/scanning of a book's contents to no more than 20% of its entirety.

By using Interlibrary Loan, you agree to these terms and conditions.

Further Information on copyright: The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or other reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright.